The following table lists the prerequisite information that you need before installing the product.
Table 1–1 Information Needed Before Installing
Installation Item |
Description |
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Environment |
Choose the production environment if you want to use the product to manage and monitor your hardware. Choose the developer environment to develop and test modules to work with the product. A machine used for development must meet the minimum hardware and software requirements for the server, agent, and console layers and any add-ons you install. Note – If you plan to install the developer environment, you should install it on a separate, dedicated machine. The server, agent, and console layers are automatically installed on a developer environment machine. |
Base Layers (Components) |
Determine the machines on which you will install each component, for example, server, agent, and console. |
Languages |
Determine which, if any, additional languages (French, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Korean, or Japanese) you need. The documentation for Sun Management Center 3.6.1 is not available on the media. Go to http://docs.sun.com for documentation in English and the supported languages. |
Add-on Products |
Review the add-on supplements to determine which add-ons you want to install. For a list of add-on supplements, see Sun Management Center Documentation Resources. Add-on products are installed on the same machine as the server. |
Space Needed |
If the machine does not have enough space in the default /opt directory, you might need to make one of the following adjustments:
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You must have permission to write to the /var/opt and /opt/SUNWsymon directories as root on each machine. You also need privileges to run commands such as chmod. |
After installing the product and its add-ons, you will need to set up the product and its add-ons. The following table lists the prerequisite information that you need before setting up the product.
Table 1–2 Information Needed Before Setting Up
Set Up Item |
Description |
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A valid Solaris/Linux user name is required for assignment as the Sun Management Center administrator on Sun Management Center server machines. |
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Sun Management Center uses two types of addressing for communication between the server and agent: IP addressing, and Network Address Translation (NAT). You must have the following information:
See Appendix D, Network Address Translation for further information. |
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Sun Management Center requires an encrypted security key for communication between processes. The security key is generated based on a unique password you provide. Store the password securely. You need the password if you modify your Sun Management Center installation. |
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Sun Management Center requires an SNMPv1 community string for security. The default is public. You have the option of specifying a more secure custom string. Store the SNMPv1 string securely. You need the SNMPv1 security string if you modify your Sun Management Center installation. |
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The Sun Management Center Web server requires an encrypted security key. The security key is generated based your organization name and location. Store the organization name and location securely. You need this information if you modify your Sun Management Center Web server. |
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Ports |
Determine the assignments for the following ports:
See Default Ports for further information. |